Biography Year Admitted: 2019 Bio Pinar Tasdemir is a Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department at UW–Madison. She received her BA and MA in English Literature at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she also obtained a certificate in Film Studies. Her dissertation examines American true crime narratives and political economy’s impact on the genre’s …
Biography Year Admitted: 2020 Bio: Noah’s dissertation focuses on the Künstlerroman in American literature and culture from 1945 to the present. He also serves as the assistant editor of American Literary History. Interests: 20th and 21st century American literature and culture; the novel; Marxism and critical theory; the avant-garde; science fiction and the fantastic; literary …
Biography Year Admitted: 2024 Bio Maurice Weakley is a Literary Studies PhD student at UW–Madison. He is interested in American protest literature and film, depictions of racial violence, and literary constructions of Blackness. Research Interests Post–Civil War African American Literature, American Literature, and American Cultural and Political Studies.
Biography Year Admitted: 2023 Bio Evangeline Thurston Wilder is a PhD student in English Literary Studies. She is interested in the intersection of DIY trans literary production, the emergent field of trans studies, and trans feelings and bodies. She is worried about the institutionalization of trans knowledge and tries to bring trans experience and academic …